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May the Fourth be with the candidates who truly care about civics and education
May 4 is Star Wars Day (and if you don’t know what we mean, it’s May the Fourth, get it?), and that’s the day you … Continue reading
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Of Screeds and Health Care
This week’s online letters respond to local tempests and national concerns
CONTE LETTER COMPLAINTS Anya Dobrowolski et al.’s bizarre screed against Paul Conte and the Jefferson Westside Neighbors (“Conte Will Stop at Nothing,” Letters, June 1) … Continue reading
What If It’s The Gas Stove?
I have always loved cooking with gas. Seven years ago I would have bought a gas stove if I’d had a gas connection. But, now, … Continue reading
Slant: Pride, Pollen and Weird Bird News
Congratulations, Eugene! We set a record! ACHOO! According to Oregon Allergy Associates, which tracks pollen at its local office, June 6 was a record 1,301 … Continue reading
Real Leaders Serve, Not Bully
It’s great to see neighbors speaking up about toxic bullies like Paul Conte (“Conte Will Stop at Nothing,” Letters, June 1). For too long, he’s … Continue reading
Thanks To That Happening Guy Paul Neevel
I would like to thank Paul Neevel for his “Happening People” column (Eugene Weekly, May 25). He knows how to make a person sound more … Continue reading
Take Back The Legislature
Measure 113, overwhelmingly approved by voters last year, was touted as a way to prevent Republicans from shutting down the Legislature. It is obviously a … Continue reading
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Don’t Stoop To Personal Attacks
I once moderated a political debate forum. The number one rule was, and is, no personal attacks. I read the lengthy opinion penned by Anya … Continue reading
Guns, Taxes and Health Care
Letter writers weigh in on national topic that hit home locally
2A HORSELESS CARRIAGES Happy National Wear Orange Weekend (first weekend in June.) How might our world function today, had the “horseless carriage” been invented concurrent … Continue reading
Congrats to EW
It is now a matter of fact that the anti-competitive monster that is Gannett Co., with its voracious appetite for smaller-town newspapers, no matter how … Continue reading
Slant: Peace, Wear Orange, Beer Week and more
What we’re reading: Jill Lepore’s piece called “Root and Branch” in the May 29 New Yorker magazine. Short by New Yorker standards, only four pages, … Continue reading
Conte Will Stop At Nothing
Climates may change, but this remains constant: Some people relentlessly seek to consolidate power by exploiting the vulnerability and fear of those with less power, … Continue reading
Anti-Trump, Mad at Republicans, Pro-Drag Queens
This week’s letters are characteristically political
ANYONE BUT TRUMP As a Bernie-voting Democratic Socialist, it brings me no pleasure to say that Trump was right. The Durham report lays to rest … Continue reading